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Vocal Repertoire and Its Behavioral Contexts in the Pied Tamarin, Saguinus bicolor

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The study of animal sound signals can be useful in assisting conservation strategies. Understanding the vocal repertoires of endangered species and the behavioral contexts in which they are given is relevant for monitoring protocols, such as those based on automated sound recordings. The pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) is at risk of extinction because of deforestation and urban growth in its restricted geographic range. Between 2012 and 2015 we studied the vocal repertoire of the species and the contexts in which different signals are emitted. We made focal recordings of eight free-living groups, two rescued individuals, and one temporarily captive group of pied tamarins in Manaus, central Brazilian Amazonia. From the 766 sounds analyzed we identified 12 distinct signals within the range of 2–11 kHz. Most signals were emitted during resting or locomotion. Less frequently emitted signals were associated with intergroup agonistic interactions, foraging, and infant-exclusive vocalizations. These results increased the known vocal repertoire of the pied tamarin providing more reliable baseline data for monitoring the species by means of automated or focal sound recordings.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente e Sustentabilidade de Manaus, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia and local farmers for granting us access to the study sites. We thank Mônica Solório, Thierry Gasnier and the Pied Tamarin Project staff for aid during study planning and reviewing earlier drafts of this manuscript. We also thank the two anonymous reviewers, and the editor-in-chief, Joanna Setchell for their helpful suggestions and comments on previous versions of the manuscript. Adrian Barnett helped with the English. In the time span of this study T. V. Sobroza received scholarships provided by ANDIFES/Santander Bank partnership, Programa de Educação Tutorial (MEC\Sesu) and CNPq (process number: 131119\2013-3). P. I. Simões received a postdoctoral fellowship from PNPD-CAPES through Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia of PUCRS. Part of the study was supported by the Primate Action Fund (PAF 14-15; CI Contract 1000796). This is publication number 21 from the Amazon Mammal Research Group, INPA.

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  1. Amazonian Mammals Research Group, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Petrópolis, Manaus, AM, 69067-375, Brazil

    Tainara Venturini Sobroza

  2. Projeto Sauim-de-Coleira, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, 69067-005, Brazil

    Tainara Venturini Sobroza, Laia Segarra Cerqueda & Marcelo Gordo

  3. Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

    Laia Segarra Cerqueda

  4. Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, 90619-900, Brazil

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Sobroza, T.V., Cerqueda, L.S., Simões, P.I. et al. Vocal Repertoire and Its Behavioral Contexts in the Pied Tamarin, Saguinus bicolor . Int J Primatol 38, 642–655 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9971-z

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